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ranking of each run by a player defense in the NFL| NAME | ATT | GP | RUSH YDS | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Emmitt Smith | 4,409 | 226 | 18,355 | 4.2 | 81.2 | 164 | 3,224 | 515 | 130 | 6.3 | 14.3 | 11 |
 | Walter Payton | 3,838 | 190 | 16,726 | 4.4 | 88.0 | 110 | 4,538 | 492 | 9.2 | 23.9 | 15 | |
 | Frank Gore | 3,735 | 241 | 16,000 | 4.3 | 66.4 | 81 | 3,985 | 484 | 696 | 8.2 | 16.5 | 18 |
 | Curtis Martin | 3,518 | 168 | 14,101 | 4.0 | 83.9 | 90 | 3,329 | 484 | 409 | 6.9 | 19.8 | 10 |
 | Jerome Bettis | 3,479 | 192 | 13,662 | 3.9 | 71.2 | 91 | 1,449 | 200 | 100 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 3 |
 | Adrian Peterson | 3,230 | 184 | 14,918 | 4.6 | 81.1 | 120 | 2,474 | 305 | 423 | 8.1 | 13.4 | 6 |
 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 3,174 | 170 | 13,684 | 4.3 | 80.5 | 145 | 4,772 | 624 | 868 | 7.6 | 28.1 | 17 |
 | Barry Sanders | 3,062 | 153 | 15,269 | 5.0 | 99.8 | 99 | 2,921 | 352 | 8.3 | 19.1 | 10 | |
 | Edgerrin James | 3,028 | 148 | 12,246 | 4.0 | 82.7 | 80 | 3,364 | 433 | 584 | 7.8 | 22.7 | 11 |
 | Marcus Allen | 3,022 | 222 | 12,243 | 4.1 | 55.1 | 123 | 5,411 | 587 | 9.2 | 24.4 | 21 | |
 | Eric Dickerson | 2,996 | 146 | 13,259 | 4.4 | 90.8 | 90 | 2,137 | 281 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 6 | |
| Franco Harris | 2,949 | 173 | 12,120 | 4.1 | 70.1 | 91 | 2,287 | 307 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 9 | |
| Tony Dorsett | 2,936 | 173 | 12,739 | 4.3 | 73.6 | 77 | 3,554 | 398 | 8.9 | 20.5 | 13 | |
| John Riggins | 2,916 | 175 | 11,352 | 3.9 | 64.9 | 104 | 2,090 | 250 | 8.4 | 11.9 | 12 | |
| Thurman Thomas | 2,877 | 182 | 12,074 | 4.2 | 66.3 | 65 | 4,458 | 472 | 29 | 9.4 | 24.5 | 23 |
| Eddie George | 2,865 | 141 | 10,441 | 3.6 | 74.0 | 68 | 2,227 | 268 | 269 | 8.3 | 15.8 | 10 |
 | Marshall Faulk | 2,836 | 176 | 12,279 | 4.3 | 69.8 | 100 | 6,875 | 767 | 606 | 9.0 | 39.1 | 36 |
| Steven Jackson | 2,764 | 160 | 11,438 | 4.1 | 71.5 | 69 | 3,683 | 461 | 627 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 9 |
| Thomas Jones | 2,678 | 180 | 10,591 | 4.0 | 58.8 | 68 | 2,023 | 308 | 410 | 6.6 | 11.2 | 3 |
| Warrick Dunn | 2,669 | 181 | 10,967 | 4.1 | 60.6 | 49 | 4,339 | 510 | 594 | 8.5 | 24.0 | 15 |
| Ricky Watters | 2,622 | 144 | 10,643 | 4.1 | 73.9 | 78 | 4,248 | 467 | 176 | 9.1 | 29.5 | 13 |
| Corey Dillon | 2,618 | 150 | 11,241 | 4.3 | 74.9 | 82 | 1,913 | 244 | 278 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 7 |
| Ottis Anderson | 2,562 | 182 | 10,273 | 4.0 | 56.4 | 81 | 3,062 | 376 | 8.1 | 16.8 | 5 | |
| Jamal Lewis | 2,542 | 131 | 10,607 | 4.2 | 81.0 | 58 | 1,879 | 221 | 298 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 4 |
| Fred Taylor | 2,534 | 153 | 11,695 | 4.6 | 76.4 | 66 | 2,384 | 290 | 348 | 8.2 | 15.6 | 8 |
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| Jim Taylor | ||||||||||||
| Larry Csonka | ||||||||||||
| Maurice Jones-Drew | ||||||||||||
| Mike Pruitt |
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